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book; volume; exam paper; official document
Meanings
4 senses · 20 examplesnoun
books; scrolls
formalUsed in literary or formal contexts to refer to bound books or ancient scrolls.
He loved reading all his life and never put down a book.
Most ancient classics were preserved in scroll form.
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The library collects a large number of thread-bound book scrolls.
This scholar spent years studying ancient scrolls.
The massive Complete Library of the Four Treasuries is a treasure of Chinese culture.
measure word
volume (of a book)
formalUsed to count chapters or volumes of a multi-part book or document.
This encyclopedia set has a total of twenty volumes.
The first volume of our math basic textbook.
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This monumental historical work is divided into two volumes.
The library has more than one hundred thousand volumes in its collection.
I am reading the third volume of *Dream of the Red Chamber*.
noun
exam paper
Commonly used in daily school and exam contexts, often with the diminutive suffix 儿.
After the exam, please hand in your answer sheets.
Hurry up and turn in your papers, we will collect them in ten minutes.
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The teacher is grading the final exam papers.
This English exam paper is a bit difficult.
He finished the exam paper half an hour early.
noun
official documents; files
formalUsed in official or workplace contexts to refer to archived documents or records.
The archive room stores the company's annual case files.
I need to retrieve last year's project files.
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The secretary is helping the leader look up documents and organize materials.
These document retrieval applications need approval from higher authorities.
The court files record all the details of the case.